Bottle-stopper



J. A. DONAHUE.

(No Model.)

BOTTLE STOPPER.

No. 599,226. Patented Feb. 15, 1898. Y

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JAMES A. DONAIIUE, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

BOTTLE STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 599,226, dated February 15, 1898.

Application filed c b8130,1897. Serial No. 656,891. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, J AMES A. DONAHUE, of Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in bottle-stoppers.

The object of the invention is to provide a bottle-stopper simple, cheap, and durable of construction,quick and effective of operation, and composed of a minimum number of parts.

A further object of the invention is to provide a stopper which will fit any bottle, both as regards the circumference of the neck of the bottle and also the height of the bulge of the bottle-mouth.

A further object of the invention is to provide a stopper having a ratchet bar or yoke which will allow of greater or less pressure on the stopper by the operating-lever.

The invention consists in certain novel fea tures of construction and in combinations of parts more fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved bottle-stopper in operative position. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section. Fig. 3 is a detail View of the stopper proper. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of the metal button and ratcheted yoke.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, a is the neck of a bottle, and b the bulge at its mouth.

c is the stopper proper, composed of rubber or other flexible material, having the reduced portion cl, adapted to enter the mouth of the bottle, and an aperture 6 in the top of the stop per for the reception of the shank f of the button g. From the top of this button 9 upwardly extends a ratchet-yoke 71 which is provided with teeth h to receive and hold the yoke j in the desired adjustment to attain the required strain and pressure on the stopper 0. The yoke j passes through the ratchetyoke 7L and is movably secured or pivoted at each end in the operating-lever 7.0. This lever 71, is pivoted in the collar Z and is held as desired by this means. The yoke j loosely carries the stopper 0 about the center of the top of the horizontal portion on by means of the ratchet-yoke h.

[indicates a band or collar of spring metal, having a flat spring or within its circumference adapted to hold the collar Z snugly to necks of different-sized bottles. In the end 0 of the said collar is pivoted the screwthreaded rod 19, which is adapted to pass into the opening (1 ofthe end r of the collar Z. A nut i is provided to screw onto the threaded rod 19 for the purpose of clamping and securely holding the collar in the desired adjustment about the neck of the bottle.

Then a stopper is to be fastened to a hottle, the nut t' is unscrewed or loosened, and the threaded rod q is turned out of the slot in the end r of the collar Z, the collar Z carrying the lever 76 and the yoke j, and the stopper 0 can then be pressed open against the tension of the fiat spring a and passed over the neck of the bottle and securely adjusted under the rim or flange of the neck of the bottle by means of said spring-collar and threaded rod and nut. The ratchet-yoke h and the teeth It allow the stopper to be adjusted in the mouth of a bottle and securely hold it in position regardless of the length or thickness of the bulge or flange 1) on the neck of the bottle.

When the bulge or flange of the neck of a bottle is short, the yoke j is placed in one of the upper teeth h of the ratchet-yoke It, so that when the operating-lever 7c is pressed down the stopper will be forced tightly into the mouth of the bottle.

It will be readily seen from the foregoing description that the stopper can easily and quickly be adjusted to any-sized bottle-neck and can be made to fit as tightly as desired regardless of the height of the bulge or flange of the bottle mouth.

It is evident that various slight changes might be made in the forms, construction, and arrangement of the parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I do not Wish to limit myself to the exact construction herein deratchet-yoke for adjusting purposes as set fOllJll".

3. A bottle-stopper comprising the flexible stopper, an aperture in said stopper, a button having a shank adapted to fit in said aperture, a ratchet-yoke extending upwardly from said button and teeth on said yoke to engage the operating mechanism and adjust the stopper substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES A. DONAHUE.

Witnesses:

J. E. WISEMAN, BEN WHITE. 

